Wakehurst Place

The weathermen got it right and today we have sunshine and temperatures of 9C - it feels wonderful! My sister-in-law, Debbie, asked if I fancied going for a walk round Wakehurst Place and that's where we've been most of this morning.

Wakehurst Place

One of the first things we saw when we got in to the grounds was that the duck pond was frozen over. There were seagulls standing on the ice, squawking away. Perhaps they were confused by the ice?

A little bit further round these ducks were all standing near the edge where the ice was melting

We went for a walk around the upper level because the ground was still a bit slippy and some of the paths had been cordoned off to the lower level. With the snow melting, the water was flowing quite quickly over the little waterfalls.

On the way back up towards the mansion I had to take another photo of the frozen pond from the other side ;o)

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There was a photography exhibition in the grounds with some beautiful shots. Unfortunately although they were protected from the elements there was a lot of water on the outer covering which made it pointless trying to get decent photos. Lovely to walk around and see what was on display though.

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Not sure what I'll be doing for the rest of the afternoon. I do want to have a look online for some material for the next quilt I have been asked to make. Decisions, decisions ;o)

Hope you are enjoying your weekend and that you've got some nice weather too.

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The snow is nearly gone :)

More rain again today and the snow is nearly gone! This afternoon Emily and I both looked outside and saw the snow had nearly disappeared and said "Good! Now it's time for the rain to stop!" :) You just can't please us, can you! If they've got the weather right for tomorrow I look forward to a sunny day! The last of Emily's snow cat on the table and you can see a couple of white patches on the pebbles.

This morning I met up with my friend Pam and we went to Caffe Nero for coffee. We met at 10am and I think I got home around 1.30pm - we had a LOT of catching up to do :) What a pleasant way to spend a Saturday morning!!

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When I got home I got some happy mail, the next season of ER :) and some more yellow ink for my computer and my next lot of contact lenses. Happy mail indeed!!

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Other than that, things are quiet. We bought the weekend sweets from Wickendens (Jane, did Lloyd ever go to Wickendens on his way through East Grinstead?) and will be watching Take Me Out on TV tonight (then maybe some ER??). I've wasted time on the computer this afternoon and haven't done any decluttering today. Still thinking about where to tackle next - might see what I can clear out of the lounge. I recently found this blog from this one and have been enjoying going through her posts and seeing her house - wouldn't it be lovely to live somewhere so organised!! Everything has a place and is in that place - bliss! I don't know that it's likely to work in our house anytime soon though :( haha!!

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Jon is busy making me an omlette at the moment so I'm going to end off and go and relax for the evening.

Enjoy your weekend

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Tidy table

I know I had said I was going to tidy my desk yesterday but, with Alyssa coming round last night, I never got round to it. I decided to get to it this morning and as well as my desk, I tidied and sorted the bookcase too. It took me the best part of the morning and it's lovely to have it done.

My "view" when I'm at my computer. The expedit bookcase (from Ikea). I love this bookcase, it's the perfect size for scrapbook albums and papers

Another area cleared but still lots more to do. Claire assures me she is going to sort/tidy her room over the weekend as she has 3 days off - I'm going to hold her to that!! I won't take photos (or not to put on the blog at any rate! I imagine you can guess why :o( )

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Ironing to do and dishes to wash and then I'm going to have a break and read one of my magazines. What will you be doing this afternoon??

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Last night

I told you I was babysitting last night :) and I just wanted to share a few photos of this beautiful little girl! She is the sweetest little thing and I love getting a chance to look after her. Unfortunately, the reason I got to look after her wasn't quite as nice - her Mummy (Theresa) and Daddy (Will) were taking her big brother, Tyler to A&E. He had been playing with his Nan (my sister, Kay) the previous night and had landed awkwardly on his foot. Theresa had thought he was okay, but then yesterday she noticed that he wasn't putting his weight on his foot and when he did, it was obviously painful. He was a very brave boy at the hospital and let them x-ray his foot and it looks like he has fractured his big toe :o( He was still being brave when he came to pick Alyssa up and I'm told he got two stickers for being so good :o) When Theresa brought Alyssa round she was fast asleep. We decided to let her carry on sleeping and not disturb her because she'd had her first vaccination in the morning and Theresa said she'd been quite miserable. (Photo by Emily)

Emily was desperate to have a hold and eventually I had to give in and let her have her turn ;o)

Isn't she the cutest!

When she woke up, and after she had a bottle, she was smiling and "talking" to me. So precious (photo by Emily)

A little bit later and we got a big yawn! She did actually stay awake after that until Theresa, Will and Tyler got back to pick her up then it didn't take too long for her to fall asleep in her Mummy's arms.

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